Skate



- (No Model.)

Y. HENDERSON.

SKATE No. 486,872. Patented Nov; 29,1892.

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YANDELL HENDERSON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,872, dated November 29, 1892.

Serial No. 425,515. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, YANDELL HENDERSON, of New Haven,county of NewHaven,and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Skates, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to the construction of skates, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device for securing two skates together with their runners or blades extending outward, so that they will be held apart and prevented from nicking against the metal parts of the skates. This I do by so shaping the plates and clamps used to support and clamp the foot that they will interlock with similar parts of companion skates, and by this means I securely fasten the two skates of a pair together by a simple movement of the clamp-actuating lever, reference being now had to the drawings which illustrate my invention, and in which Figure l is a side view of a pair of skates embodying my invention and locked together by their plates and clamps; Fig. 2, a plan view of the skates with the blade of the upper one partly cut away; and Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the interlocked portions.

A is the skate-blade; B, the sole-plate, to which the side clamps D D D D are secured by pins C C, the clamps having slots D which permit them to move on pins C and being secured together by a pin E. To this pin E is pivoted a lug F, threaded to receive a bolt M. G is the stationary heel-plate having a clamp G at its front end and downwardly-projecting pins H H, which serve as supports and guides for the clamping heel-plate I, which plate is provided with slots I 1 which permit it to move on pins H, and with clamping-jaws I 1, between which and the clamp G the heel is grasped. To the front end of plate I a le- Ver K is pivotally secured by a pin J, and to said lever is pivotally secured a lug L, which has a perforation adapted to receive the unthreaded end of bolt M.

To the extent above described all the parts of the skate are of known construction and in common use, a movement of the lever M drawing in the clamps D D and the jaws Isimultaneously or forcing them outward, as the case may be. I have shown this familiar kind of skate to indicate how easily my improvement can be applied to standard constructions.

My improvement consists in the simple device of so forming or notchiug the various parts of the skate foot-plates that they will interlock or take hold of each other when the clamps are moved by their actuating-lever. Thus I have in the case shown notched the ends of the stationary sole-plates B and the inner edges of the movable heel-grasping jaws I, so that while the jaws I of one skate will extend over and grasp the end of sole-plate B of the other, as shown in Fig. 3, the other pairs of jaws I will extend into notches B on the end-of the other sole-plate B, as shown in Fig. 4, and I have notched the inner edges of jaws 1 at I to enable them to actually interlock with the sole-plates when they come in contact. By this plan one skate-the upper one, as shown in Fig. 1-can be placed over the under one and then by simply moving the lever to draw in the clamps effectually locked to it.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, in a skate, of sole-plates and movable clamps adapted to clamp the foot in the usual way, said sole-plates being formed substantially as described, so as to interlock with the clamps on a companion skate, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

YANDELL HENDERSON.

Witnesses:

ANNIE KING, SALLY Y. HENDERSON. 

